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Encourage Senator Warner to Stop Corporate Tax Loopholes!

Encourage Senator Warner to Stop Corporate Tax Loopholes!

Corporate lobbyists are working hard to make sure they pay as little tax as possible on profits they stash in offshore tax havens. U.S. Senator Mark Warner has previously proposed ...

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Study: Pay Gap for Women Won’t Close Until 2059

Study: Pay Gap for Women Won’t Close Until 2059

Originally posted in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. – Women won't get paid as much as men until the year 2059, according to a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Resear ...

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Environmental Justice and Jobs

Environmental Justice and Jobs

The creation of more jobs seems to be a major incentive the oil industries offer to convince people to allow such projects as offshore oil drilling, the Atlantic Coast pipeline, f ...

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Senator Stanley, expand Medicaid

Senator Stanley, expand Medicaid

Originally published in the Danville Register and Bee. To the editor: By not expanding Medicaid, our General Assembly representatives have turned their backs on women and families ...

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States not expanding Medicaid falling further behind expansion states

States not expanding Medicaid falling further behind expansion states

Originally published on the Off the Charts blog at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. States that have adopted health reform’s Medicaid expansion had a substantially lowe ...

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We Need Medicaid Expansion

We Need Medicaid Expansion

Originally published in The Danville Register & Bee. To the editor: Aug. 29 was national Women’s Equality Day. I am writing in support of the Stand With Women campaign and to ...

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Caring for our Earth with Technology

Caring for our Earth with Technology

Some people argue that wind turbines are not acceptable because a number of birds are killed by them. Unfortunately, wind power does have that disadvantage at the present time, th ...

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Online family budget calculator shows Virginia working families struggling

Online family budget calculator shows Virginia working families struggling

Originally published in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - A typical working family in Virginia probably doesn't make enough money to support itself, according to a new online b ...

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Join us at the Grassroots Gathering!

Join us at the Grassroots Gathering!

During the weekend of October 9-11, people from every corner of the state will come together to celebrate 20 years of grassroots organizing and achievement. Come enjoy the camarad ...

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Va. Ranked Eighth Worst in Country for Gender Equality in New WalletHub Study

Va. Ranked Eighth Worst in Country for Gender Equality in New WalletHub Study

Published in the Loudon Times-Mirror.  Virginia women looking for more gender equality in the workplace might set their sights on Hawaii. A recent WalletHub study lists the state ...

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